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Something on your mind? Or need some support?

Anyone can write in with their problem. I respond to a few letters each week. You can also read my advice to people who have similar problems to you.

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You can ask me about anything you want, there's nothing too big or small. I read every single letter but I can only answer a few each week. My replies are published here on my page.

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What you need to know:

  • Sam reads every letter, but can only respond to a few each week
  • Sam's replies are public, never private, so others can read them
  • Sam will remove personal info from your letter to keep it anonymous
  • if yours is chosen, you'll see it under one of the topics below
  • if you need support now or want to talk privately, contact a Childline counsellor.

latest letters

My embarrassing day

ye me and my 2 friends went to my crush and I told him J liked him tben ran away I cane back and my friend told me he...

What my friend said

So ive been incecure about my body since forever and i started getting better and better and until a few weeks ago i ...

i feel ashamed

hi sam, i am 15 and a lesbian and i feel really ashamed. whenever people bring up gay people it makes me feel uneasy ...

Intrusive thoughts

Hi Sam, Recently i’ve been worried about something that I know doesn’t matter but i keep thinking about it. Basically...

Help

i havent been doing great ive been crying all night something stopping me from asking for help do you have suggestions

How do u cope

my mum is horrible and never loved me etc and now i don't know how to cope i get so attached to any adult figure that...

Message from Sam

You can write to me about anything you want and I read every single message sent. I can only reply to a few each week and I always do this in public on my page. I’m sorry if I don’t answer your letter but it’s likely there are others just like it that I have answered before. If you want a definite response or need support then talking to a Childline counsellor is the best way to do that.

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my personality

I am 15 and I am really struggling to find my personality. I'm not even interested in particulafr music, books or any...

Burgaler

I always feel that there may be a stranger in my house that's going to do something to me or my family but the thing ...

Diagnosed

Dear Sam, I am 12 (13 in January) and I am currently in year 8. Since I began Yr 7 I have had Insomnia, and it is get...

Who really are counsellors?

Hey Sam, I have been reading through the letters that young people have been sending to you. It made me want to write...

I think i have cancer :(

Im really scared and worried to tell my mum i think i have cancer i searched up the symptoms and i have most of them ...

Dissociation

I am 17 years old and am currently doing A levels. I'm finding the pressure all around me to fit in, grow up, do well...

vegetarian

Hi Sam, Please help me. I know this sounds really strange, but I'm a vegetarian and I can't stand other people eating...

mean trainer

I go to a dance club and my trainer always puts me at the back and i get upset by it i know it sounds silly but im be...

Anger

I have serious anger problems and the methods of controlling it where says on the childline website is not effective ...

mental health

hiya I have OCD and I need to get it sorted out. I am becoming paranoid about everything and I dont want to sound pa...

Temper

Hello Sam im writing to you cos I really don't know what to do with my self....I find it very hard to behave defiant...

Very worried!

I haven't had my period for over a month and I'm really worried. I don't want to see a doctor because that is what my...

Anxiety- feeling sick

hello, i have been feeling sick everyday for a long time, however i was last actually sick 2 years ago. I worry about...

Medical Dad

Hello Sam,Thankyou for reading this. I am sorry if I sound mean in it or blunt, at anytime.I have been seeing people,...

Lying and being strange

Hi, i sometimes just lie, sometimes about stupid things, and sometimes about big things. Like a few weeks ago I said ...

help me?

Sam, I need help! I'm a 16 year old girl hearing voices in my head & they are telling me to kill myself..I'm that...

????

I think I may have OCD. When I was seven, I got a bad stomach bug and was almost hospitalized. Since then, I have dev...

'The hyper friend.'

Dear Sam. I'm thirteen and in secondary school in a group of people I'm the happy one, the one who can ALWAYS be rel...

hi

hi sam my name is k and im 16 and for the past year i have suffered a coupke of sexual abuse behaviour and i have bee...

Not being able to think

I have rencently been having some big problems.my family know about it but now they won't leave me alone. I know ther...

My Mask.

Hi! I'm 12. I live with my mum who I generally get along with, my sister, who's 13, who has Downs Syndrome and my dog...